Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 7 thumbed down proposals to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), as the terminal was named after a democracy icon to remind the Filipinos of the 1986 People Power Revolution. “Hindi na kailangang palitan ang pangalan ng NAIA...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 5 said he will seek a Senate inquiry into the power supply problems in Occidental Mindoro plaguing the province for several years now. Gatchalian made the promise even as he noted that the province’s power supply has been restored after it was hit by a...
AboitizPower Corp. is accelerating its 94-megawatt (MW) solar power project in Cayanga, Bugallon in Pangasinan. Once completed, the Cayanga solar power plant is expected to produce about 147 million kWh of clean energy annually or equivalent to the yearly power consumption of 60,000 average...
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (REUTERS / FILE PHOTO) A PUBLiCUS Asia survey has found that the “majority” of Filipinos support the construction of a nuclear power plant in the country. In the 2022 PAHAYAG 2nd quarter nationwide survey conducted from June 16 to 22 with 1,500 respondents, 59 percent...
EEI Power Corporation (EEIPC), the power utility arm of EEI Corporation, has switched on the 290.16kWp Solar Carport System of Tarlac Medical Center (TMC) in Brgy. San Vicente, Tarlac City. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, EEI said the solar carport system, which is comprised of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has expressed hope that incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will appoint an Energy secretary who can address the country’s problem on power supply. Gatchalian noted that the current leadership of the Department of Energy (DOE),...
Bureaucratic and legislative kinks must be ironed out first before the incoming Marcos administration can allow the 100 percent foreign ownership of power generation ventures in the country. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) President-elect Bongbong Marcos's...
You’ll be surprised by how much these drag artists have spent on their craft Last June 18, the category is Filipino Drag Excellence as some the best local drag artists gathered together at Tipple & Slaw, Pop-up Katipunan to celebrate “Pride and Power.” The event, made possible by Sony...
A wake up call. (Unsplash) That's how outgoing Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas described the power outages in Luzon over the weekend, which affected an estimated one million residents, “This incident, which has been attributed to insufficient power supply, is a stark reminder that we...
COREnergy, which is the power retailing arm of listed firm Vivant Corporation, is targeting to sustain upturn in capacity sales to contestable customers next year and for it to log further demand growth beyond 2023. As indicated by Vivant President Emil Andre M. Garcia, “overall, the performance...
There will be power interruptions in some areas of Ermita, Malate, and Paco in Manila on Sunday, June 19, as advised by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco). Meralco will be replacing electric poles, and reconstructing power lines as part of their repair and maintenance operations. Additional...
There has been a lot of talks happening on nuclear energy because of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s executive order to include it in our energy mix and President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign promise to install at least one nuclear power plant and to consider the revival of the...
